Small cars are good for us but bad for business.
  • @nodsocket@lemmy.worldEnglish
    -2•11 months ago

    Main problem with small cars is safety. Even with all these new safety features, a small car is going to lose in a collision with a big car. With the way Americans drive, you’re going to need all the safety you can get.

    • @Player2@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      10•11 months ago

      Unfortunately that will just lead to a stupid arms race. What really needs to happen is the closing of the light truck loophole and instead imposing additional taxes based on weight (since heavier vehicles do more damage to public infrastructure anyway) until the ever increasing vehicle weight trend is reversed or at minimum stopped.

      • @Changetheview@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•11 months ago

        Yep. There’s a fuck-ton of power in implementing a proper road tax structure. It should also factor in the increased likelihood to cause harm to other people and damage to other vehicles. Hell, traffic infractions should also be more serious in a larger vehicle. All easy to implement and completely reasonable.

        It’s sickening that over 42,000 people (more than 110 people PER DAY) were killed by vehicles in the US in 2022. This is a public health crisis that’s rarely discussed.

        I’m not saying that’s all caused by big vehicles, but there’s undeniably more risk when larger vehicles are roaming the roads. And the ever-increasing blind spots of these big vehicles mixed with the irresponsible driving behavior is a recipe for disaster.

        https://www.ghsa.org/resources/news-releases/NHTSA-2022-Traffic-Deaths23